Combined siding bracket



(No Model.) I

J. M. SHAN'KLIN 85 J. E. MONEILL, COMBINED SIDING'BRAGK ET, GAGE, AND GOMPASSES.

No. 356,166. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SIDING BRACKET, GAGE, AND COMPASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,166, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed July 12, 1886. Serial No. 207,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, JAMES MADIsoN SHANKLIN and JOHN EMORY McNEILL, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Sandoval, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Siding Bracket, Gage, and Compass, of which the following is a specification. 7

Our invention relates to an improvement in a combined siding bracket, gage, and compass; and it consists in the peculiar construe-- tion and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particu- 1 larly pointed out in the'claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of an apparatus embodying ourimprovements, showing the manner of using the same when attaching the siding to a building. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a device embodying our improvements. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view taken on the line at m of Fig. l.

A represents the gage-stem, which is in scribed on one side to form a measuring-rule, '25 B, and one end of the gage-stem is sharpened to form a point, C. From the opposite end of the stem A, and at right angles thereto, extends an arm, D, the outer end of which forms a head, E. On the upper side of the 0 arm D is made a recess, F, thereby forming a shoulder, G, at the inner upper side of the head. From opposite sides of the head E project spurs H, and from the inner end of the arm D, and projecting from the upper end of 5 the gage-stem, in the direction opposite to the said arm is an engagingpoint, l, which is adapted to be driven into one of the sidingboards by striking upon the outer end of the headE with a hammer. A curved arm, K, 40 connects the arm D with the stem A.

All the parts hereinbefore described are formed integrally, and are made either of suitable wrought or cast metal.

L represents a gage-slide, which is provided with a central opening, through which extends the stem A. The said slide is adapted to move on the stem A, and is provided with a set-screw, M, adapted to clamp against the outer edge of the said stem, and thereby secure the slide L thereto at any desired adj ustment. A

N represents an arm,which is pivoted to the upper end of the stem A by means of a rivet or screw, 0. The upper end of the said arm, on one side thereof, is recessed or cut 5 away, as at P, and bearing against the curved arm K. At the lower end of the said recess is formed a shoulder, It, which is slightly inclined.

S represents a clamping-block, which fits in the lower portion of the recess 1?, and bears between the shoulder R and the outer side of the curved arm K. A set-screw, T, passes through the said block and also through the arm. N, and the function of the said set-screw 6 is to clamp the block S firmly between the shoulder R and the outer edge of the curved arm, so as to secure the arm N at any desired angle when the said arm is moved toward or from the stem A. The free end of the arm N is pointed, as at U.

It will be observed that the pointed stem A and the pivoted arm N form a pair of com.- passes to be used for spacing up the studding a, (shown in Fig. 1,) to ascertain how much weather must be allowed each siding-board b, in order to make the said boards come out evenly with the studding, and to leave a uniform weather-space on each board from the top to the bottom of the siding. hen this is ascertained, the slide L is secured on the stem A at the proper distance from the point I, and the latter is driven into the board b, which has just been nailed to the studding, and the recess F on the upper end of the stem forms a support for the next siding-board. Two of these instruments are used when nailing the siding to the studding, and will be found exceedingly useful in enabling the siding board to be nailed in a perfectly horizono tal position and with a perfectly uniform weather-space presented by each board from the top to thebottom of the building, and by the use of the said instruments the labor of mailing" the siding to the studding is very 5' greatly lessened, thereby enabling it to be performed in a much shorter time than has been heretofore possible by the common method of measuring each board with apair of compasses and driving the nail into the board to be serco cured in position, in order to support the next superincumbent board.

The function of the studs H is to permit them to be grasped by the claws of a hammer, in order to withdrawthe pointI from the sidingboard after the next superincumbent board 5 has been secured in place.

Having thus described our invention, We claim As a new article of manufacture, the combined siding bracket, gage, and compass, com- IO prising the stem A, pointed at its lower end and having at its upper end the stud I, and the head E, extending in opposite directions, and the curved arm K, uniting the stem and head, the said stem, stud, head, and arm being 15 formed integrally,the pointed arm N, pivoted to the upper end of the stem and bearing against the arm K,'the clamping device to secure the arm N to arm K, and the slide L on r the stem, and having the tightening-screw M,

J AMES MADISON SHANKLIN, JOHN EMORY MONEILL.

Witnesses:

J. S. BELLAMY, H.,B. SHERMAN. 

